Faculty

Henry A.Scarton, Associate Professor and Dir. Lab. for Noise & Vib. Cont. Res.

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General Areas of Research:

· Sensors
· Fluids
· Acoustics
· Voice

Research Activities:


Major interests:
  • Acoustics
  • Vibrations
  • Noise Control
  • Inventing
  • Sensors
  • Applied Mechanics


Dr. Scarton is an inventor with more than twelve patents mostly in the areas of noise control and vibration. He has recently received a patent for synthetic ivory for piano keycovers (called RPIvory TM)and a dynamic hardness tester. He has developed a new hardness scale called the Scarton Dynamic Hardness (SDH). His development of analysis methods for acoustic fluid-structural interaction has resulted in new discoveries of modal coincidence in viscous wave propagation within fluid-filled lines. Current interests include a six-degree-of-freedom sensor (patent pending) and sensors used in torsional vibration and acoustic emission, experimental verification of modal coincidence in fluid lines, development of sensors for determining the integrety of dental implants, piano hammer tonal regulation, an ultrasonic inspection system for large cylindrical aluminum ingot, determination of the dynamic hardness of sports equipment, and dynamic simulation of a base ball on a wooden bat and a soft ball on an aluminum bat. He has more than seventy papers.